Your Sherpa, LLC
Teams up with high school and college students, young adults, parents, homeschool families, schools, and more to help young people save money.
because...
SAVING MONEY WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG
CAN SET YOU UP FOR LIFE.
To take control of your life. To care for your family. To give back to your community.
WHY We Started:
The PROBLEMS
The reality is that most young people are not saving enough money.
In fact, 75% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
And 50% can't come up with $400 in an emergency.
Even worse, most young adults are in no position to even start saving:
Saddled with college debt, underemployed, and/or not financially literate.
At a surprisingly young age, many are already behind the eight ball.
HOW We Are Unique:
Our SOLUTIONS
Unique Scope:
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We focus on saving money - Saving is the bottleneck and you have to save before you can invest.
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We focus on starting young - Start young to be ready for your future, to give money the most time to grow, to be ahead of and to avoid obstacles to saving, and to form good money habits early in life.
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We address career choice and the decision to attend college - Because college is not right for everyone, excessive college debt is right for no one, and you can't save if you can't earn a growing income in a changing world.
Unique Approach:
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We deliver a complete ROADMAP (see below) - A simple, memorable, actionable framework teaching the mindset and life skills to succeed at saving money young.
Unique Tone:
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We offer a refreshingly frank conversation about the challenges young people face to save money.
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We address the broken systems that perpetuate these problems.
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We emphasize that, in the end, it is your responsibility to meet these challenges.
A Peek at Our ROADMAP
A Story-Based Approach Teaching 'Why' and 'How' to Save
Always Focused on Starting Young
A 4-Part Framework:
1.
NEED
to Save
Why save?
Save because you NEED to.
You have many future financial responsibilities and life events.
Start young so you are ready and have a sense of urgency.
2.
WANT
to Save
Why save?
Save because money can grow!
You should WANT to participate in the exciting growth potential of money.
Start young to give money the most time to grow.
3.
POSITION
to Save
How to save?
First, stay in POSITION to save.
Avoid obstacles that prevent saving like excessive college debt and underemployment.
Start young to be ahead of problems.
4.
PROCESS
to Save
How to save?
Have a personal PROCESS to save.
Choose the mindset and learn the life skills to succeed.
Start young to form good habits early.
WHAT We Do:
What We OFFER
Video Lessons:
We offer 25, short (2-3 minute), story-based, video lessons.
We support our video lessons with an active blog, a free eBook, and speaking and outreach.
Who We SERVE
Families - Parents and teens; homeschoolers, college students
Young adults
Educators
Service providers whose clients are parents or young professionals
Our Story
JOIN US AT BASE CAMP
A sherpa provides expert guidance on Himalayan climbs. A sherpa prepares, teaches, and supports the climber before and along the journey. We want to be your financial sherpa. While many financial firms use names that evoke an image of the peak, summit, or pinnacle (i.e., symbolizing the end point, retirement), we recognize that many people, particularly students and young adults, are at the very beginning. Your Sherpa, LLC is with you at base camp, ready to teach, inspire, and guide you to financial success and better life outcomes.
SAVE YOUNG
"Many young adults are making purely emotional decisions, choosing schools they can't afford and careers that do not generate the earnings power needed to pay off college debt. Many others can't apply their degrees or stay employed in today's changing world, despite many job openings. My goal is to produce financially-savvy and career-ready young adults. This requires inspiring content that teaches actionable lessons and broad life skills about earning and saving money young. "
Jeff Tyburski, Author & Founder Your Sherpa, LLC
Jeff Tyburski worked as an engineer, analyst, and portfolio manager for nearly 35 years. He created and led an internal school to teach new analysts and was president of a non-profit helping aspiring entrepreneurs in Africa. The analyst in him identified the problems he set out to solve. The engineer created the framework. The mentor and parent in him deliver the message.
